I got a lot of shipments today: Steel for jigs, plasma cutter, welding tools, empennage kit.
I inventoried the empennage kit and put most of the parts away on my wire shelving. I didn't inventory the contents of each bag yet. Maybe I'll get to that someday. Given how quickly the empannage was shipped, I guess Van's is used to requests to substitute 0.020 skins for the elevators and rudder (usually 0.016). The up-charge for it wasn't too much either: ~$45 for all three skins.
I've got some other stuff to take care of this week but I hope to study the plans and start preparing parts by this weekend.